There is no official or widely recognized utility named "vsprecleanvs.exe"
Click Start, type cmd , right-click "Command Prompt", and select "Run as Administrator".
If you are not running the installer as an Administrator, the cleanup tool may fail to execute, halting the entire process. vsprecleanvsexe visual studio 2012 exclusive
Visual Studio 2012 had a known specific issue (distinct from later versions like 2015/2017) regarding the "Clean" command.
Files in the Visual Studio 2012 ISO or extracted folder are corrupted. There is no official or widely recognized utility
Allow the command-line utility to scan your local drive configurations and repair registry paths. Step 2: Manually Verify Environment Variables
Users often mistake the "Pre-Clean" phase for a separate executable because of the way Visual Studio 2012 handles the animation and status bar updates. During a clean operation, the IDE spawns background MSBuild worker processes. If a user monitors Task Manager or Process Explorer during a "Clean" or "Rebuild," they may see rapid spawning of MSBuild.exe or VBCSCompiler.exe . Files in the Visual Studio 2012 ISO or
Before running the installer again, refresh the foundational building blocks of the Windows environment:
REM Step 5: Stop the profiler (after app exits) echo Stopping profiler... VSPerfCmd /shutdown